Homeless man sentenced in man's death

Contreras stabbed another man to death in Wichita

WICHITA — A homeless man who stabbed another man to death during a confrontation in Wichita was sentenced to 7½ years in prison.

Twenty-nine-year-old Zachary A. Contreras was sentenced Thursday for voluntary manslaughter in the death of 39-year-old Francisco Perez. He also had pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for threatening another man during the confrontation.

Contreras’ attorney said her client was defending himself and a cousin in September 2012 when Perez confronted them because he didn’t want homeless people near his apartment. An autopsy report showed Perez was drunk when he confronted the men.

The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/1bKHhPi ) the confrontation prompted the city to remove some decaying docks and a concrete path near the apartments that had been a hangout for homeless people.

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So if you kill someone because you were operating a motor vehicle intoxicated, you receive a lighter sentence because your thought process/actions were impaired (which is a BOGUS excuse and nothing more than that) AND if you are killed by a sober person while you are intoxicated, they receive a lighter sentence because your thought process/actions were impaired (which is also BOGUS).

I can't blame the guy for NOT wanting homeless people hanging around his place. Many of them are dangerous (this case is a prime example), have severe drug or alcohol dependency issues, or just plain crazy. Glad the city of Wichita did the right thing and tore down their hangout.